When the computer is offline and Opera tries to get mail from the server, an annoying error message is displayed

When the computer is offline and Opera tries to get mail from the server, an annoying error message is displayed	Marcel Hansemann
Re: When the computer is offline and Opera tries to get mail from the server, an annoying error message is displayed	Paul Weiss

From: Marcel Hansemann Subject: When the computer is offline and Opera tries to get mail from the server, an annoying error message is displayed Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:56:18 +0100 Whenever Opera tries to get mail and newsfeed items from a remote server= = and the computer is offline, it displays a very unhandy and large error = = dialogue saying that there may be network problems. This dialogue isn't = of = much use; it actually just disturbs you while working, as it immediately= = catches the focus. In addition, unexperienced users may "get in panic" = because of the term "network problems". I suggest to replace this unneeded dialogue by a sliding-in message, as = = you already implemented it in 8 Beta for incoming messages etc. It could= = tell the user something like "Opera tried to fetch your mail but failed.= = Maybe you aren't connected to the internet or there are network troubles= ", = or even shorter. This would also make the interface more consistent. Kind regards, Marcel Hansemann -- = Erstellt mit Operas revolution=E4rem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/= m2/ From: Paul Weiss Subject: Re: When the computer is offline and Opera tries to get mail from the server, an annoying error message is displayed Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:57:03 -0500 On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:56:18 +0100, Marcel Hansemann wrote: > Whenever Opera tries to get mail and newsfeed items from a remote server > and the computer is offline, it displays a very unhandy and large error > dialogue saying that there may be network problems. This dialogue isn't > of much use; it actually just disturbs you while working, as it > immediately catches the focus. In addition, unexperienced users may "get > in panic" because of the term "network problems". > > I suggest to replace this unneeded dialogue by a sliding-in message, as > you already implemented it in 8 Beta for incoming messages etc. It could > tell the user something like "Opera tried to fetch your mail but failed. > Maybe you aren't connected to the internet or there are network > troubles", or even shorter. This would also make the interface more > consistent. > > Kind regards, > > Marcel Hansemann While we're on the subject, when the computer is in sleep mode, and then revived, and the network settings are different, there seems to be no way to let Opera know. My IMAP connections are hung, and hitting the "Stop" button in the Mail panel is ineffective. It would be good if Opera dealt more gracefully with sleep mode. This, BTW, is on Linux. -Paul